If One Likens a Spinal Nerve to the Trunk of a Tree

question 83

Multiple Choice

If one likens a spinal nerve to the trunk of a tree, then the two roots of this tree are the dorsal and ventral roots. What would represent the two large branches of this tree? In other words, moving away from the spinal cord, the spinal nerve branches into the

• A) rami communicantes.
• B) dorsal and ventral root ganglia.
• C) ventral and dorsal rami.
• D) the brachial plexus.

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